Teach your students to make their own films or podcasts! In our free downloadable step-by-step 4-week curriculum. You can pick and choose lessons that fit your classroom without doing the full curriculum. Lessons include:

1. Exploring Theme and Selecting a Topic
2. What Makes a “Good” Interview Question
3. Practice Filming/ Recording
4. Interview Practice with Classmates
5. Class Interviews Guest
6. Community Interviews
7. Understanding B-Roll
8. Local Primary Sources
9. Putting the Story Together
10. Editing and Polishing
11. Now What? Share Your Film or Podcast

As well as academic and cultural standards, icebreakers, and additional resources for filming and editing.

We are developing a library of lessons created by and for Alaskan educators to go with See Stories films. Teachers in past See Stories professional development courses and our network of partners have created lesson plans and have generously agreed to share them with others via our website. This is part of our vision of supporting a more equitable statewide curriculum, uplifting local stories and histories.

We welcome submissions of lesson plans to add to our library! If you have a lesson idea or lesson plan that connects with a See Stories film, let us know! Contact info@seestories.org.

Don’t forget to check out the group forums and other aspects of our TeacherTools

Nine classroom lesson plans developed by Alaskan educators  supplement episodes of “The Alaska Myth,” a podcast about the myths that shape how Alaskans view our history and ourselves. Hosted and produced by Kaitlin Jade Armstrong of Rosebay Audio.

This conversation guide was developed in partnership with Alaska Humanities Forum and their Kindling Conversations Program. They are designed to host conversations in the classroom or over dinner with friends. 

It explores the question: How can we honor and share Indigenous stories about slavery in our history? in connection with the film “The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors” by Howdice Brown, produced by See Stories and Teaching Tolerance. 

These conversation guides were developed in partnership with Alaska Humanities Forum and their Kindling Conversations Program. They are designed to host conversations in the classroom or over dinner with friends. 

They explore the following questions:

How can we create a sense of home for ourselves and others?  in connection with the film “Anchorage Refugees: Cultivating Food and Belonging” by Anchorage educator Jasmine Redgrave. 

What can we learn from the plants around us to strengthen our connection to each other and the land? in connection with the film “Rooted in the Land- Ethnobotany in Alaska” by Anchorage educator Alexis Griffee. 

Reflect on a story from your ancestry that has been passed down (or lost) over generations in connection with the film Visiting Elders at the Initak by Roben Nuiluk Itchoak.